Faith

Suspended priest excommunicated for still saying Mass, teaching against pope

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 14:06:07 -0400

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A suspended priest in the Diocese of Sacramento has been automatically excommunicated because he continued to celebrate Mass despite being instructed not to do so by Bishop Jaime Soto, and he also has refused to acknowledge Pope Francis as head of the Catholic Church.

Canon law examined in wake of push for politician excommunication over abortion

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 12:21:36 -0500

WASHINGTON – On Jan. 22, the New York Statehouse burst into cheers after a landmark abortion bill had been passed.

Some call for Cardinal Dolan to excommunicate Cuomo for supporting abortion

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 21:14:42 -0500

NEW YORK – Since Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed New York's new expansive abortion measure into law Jan. 22, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, some Catholics have called for the governor, who is Catholic, to be excommunicated.

Pope Francis signs working agreement with China on naming bishops

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 08:45:06 -0400

VILNIUS, Lithuania – For the first time in decades, all of the Catholic bishops in China are in full communion with the Pope, the Vatican announced.

SSPX bishop excommunicated — again — for illicit ordination

Thu, 19 Mar 2015 10:00:00 -0400

A traditionalist bishop who has denied the Holocaust has been automatically excommunicated along with the priest he illicitly ordained a bishop.

During shroud display, Turin reaches out to women who have aborted

Sat, 28 Feb 2015 08:30:00 -0500

ROME - With the aim of ensuring that the public display of the Shroud of Turin promotes conversion and healing, the archbishop of Turin has given priests throughout the archdiocese special faculties to offer absolution to women who confess to having had an abortion.

Mafia ‘betray the Gospel,’ Italian bishops say in rare rebuke

Mon, 05 Jan 2015 11:00:00 -0500

ROME - Catholic bishops from the southern Italian region of Calabria have broken their silence and spoken out against the “inhumane” power of the Mafia that dominates their poverty-stricken area.

Pope condemns mafia, says members are excommunicated

Tue, 24 Jun 2014 00:00:00 -0400

VATICAN CITY - In the stronghold of an Italian crime syndicate believed to be richer and more powerful than the Sicilian Mafia, Pope Francis said, "Those who follow the path of evil, like the mafiosi do, are not in communion with God; they are excommunicated!"